£4K rewire what do you expect ...

[Dustydazzler]

when it comes to rewires you literally get what you pay for , £4K allows 3 days to complete the job , of course it’s going to be thrown in roughly imo

 

[GBDamo]

I watched that video and most of the rough stuff could have been done better for very little cost or effort. Looks like inexperience.

However £4k for a 3 bed semi is not unreasonably cheap and would pay well for a spark and lad for a whole week.

All white accessories, RCBO board, pendant per room wouldn't come to much more than £1k.

So, If I paid £4k, yes I'd expect a lot better.

 

[stevethesparks]

when it comes to rewires you literally get what you pay for , £4K allows 3 days to complete the job , of course it’s going to be thrown in roughly imo

Yes, the level of work is appalling, A bit of cable tray in the loft would have solved a lot of the problem. How do you calculate £4K = 3 days work? You must be working on £1000 a day, I've only ever earnt that on commercial, never domestic.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Yes, the level of work is appalling, A bit of cable tray in the loft would have solved a lot of the problem. How do you calculate £4K = 3 days work? You must be working on £1000 a day, I've only ever earnt that on commercial, never domestic.

£3K labour (1 electrician + 1 mate for 3 long days) + £1K materials

 

[buzzlightyear]

was it done by one day rewires from Bonnie Scotland was she involved has well.
waiting for little plum spark from the beanoscotland to laugh or not .lol.

 

[GBDamo]

£3K labour (1 electrician + 1 mate for 3 long days) + £1K materials

I think the spark in the Video is Midlands based so not daft London money.

Even factoring in van, mate pay and business costs a grand/day labour is a little steep.

But, if you can get it you'd be fool to turn it down.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I think the spark in the Video is Midlands based so not daft London money.

stand and deliver monie or your life .

 

[Dustydazzler]

I watched that video and most of the rough stuff could have been done better for very little cost or effort. Looks like inexperience.

However £4k for a 3 bed semi is not unreasonably cheap and would pay well for a spark and lad for a whole week.

All white accessories, RCBO board, pendant per room wouldn't come to much more than £1k.

So, If I paid £4k, yes I'd expect a lot better.

I tend to agree, a couple extra hours clipping cables, maybe a little bit of galv tray and suddenly the job would look better. Ok yes nobody likes climbing through loft insulation but if you are doing re-wires then its part of the job. I have seen so many re-wires in recent years where new cables are just thrownin from one area of the loft to the other not a clip in sight. I started as a sparks and one of my first jobs was clipping all the cables that the main spark had put in. Do they not teach clipping anymore?

 

[Pretty Mouth]

I might be in for a bit of a kicking here, but...

If I'm running cables in a loft that is already insulated, any cables that I install under the insulation don't get clipped. I don't see the point. If they're running parallel with the ceiling joists, i lay them on the plasterboard ceiling. If they're running perpendicular to the ceiling joists, then i lay them right up against a timber that is also running that way, or over by the eaves. This keeps them out of harms way should someone want to board it out.

Obviously, some cables are going to be above the insulation so they do get clipped.

 

[stevethesparks]

If they're running parallel with the ceiling joists, i lay them on the plasterboard ceiling.

So no fire rated clips at reasonable intervals?

 

[Pretty Mouth]

So no fire rated clips at reasonable intervals?

On top of a plasterboard ceiling?

 

[Zerax]

So no fire rated clips at reasonable intervals?

I think once the ceiling plasterboard and timbers have gone... it's way beyond 'premature collapse' ?

 

[stevethesparks]

I think once the ceiling plasterboard and timbers have gone... it's way beyond 'premature collapse' ?

I get where you are both coming from and you are probably right, but there's always a chance a firefighter may be required to pull down such a ceiling to access a fire - maybe over the top, but the time and cost it takes to install a couple of clips is worthwhile IMO.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I might be in for a bit of a kicking here, but...

If I'm running cables in a loft that is already insulated, any cables that I install under the insulation don't get clipped. I don't see the point. If they're running parallel with the ceiling joists, i lay them on the plasterboard ceiling. If they're running perpendicular to the ceiling joists, then i lay them right up against a timber that is also running that way, or over by the eaves. This keeps them out of harms way should someone want to board it out.

Obviously, some cables are going to be above the insulation so they do get clipped.

Not every yard of cable needs clipping in the loft, only clip the cables so neatly out the way so they don't get trod on on yanked on. Its perfectly fine to lay some cables on top of the insulation if it has no chance of being damaged.

 

[cliffed]

The planning of the install just didn’t happen,rough it in we‘ ll tidy that bit up later never happens... appalling routing of cabling.